geopolitics

/ˈdʒioʊˌpɑlədɪks/

Geopolitics is the study of how things like a country's land, climate, and natural resources all affect its government and economy. The geopolitics of the U.S. are influenced by its extremely large size.

Geopolitics may sound intimidating, but it's really nothing more than a combination of geography and politics. It's what happens when you take the physical features of a place, including the ways humans interact with those features, and look at their influence on how the place is governed. When you examine the geopolitics of the U.K., its small size and the fact that it's an island play a huge part in its ability to defend its borders from attack.

Definitions of geopolitics

1. noun

   the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state
   types:

   geostrategy

   government and military planning as it relates to land, climate, and natural resources and the ways that people interact with them

   type of:

   government, political science, politics

   the study of government of states and other political units